The Path of Frozen Fire - Paperback

by Matt Langford (Author), Sara Lawson (Editor), Kerem Beyit (Illustrator)

Every year, one champion climbs the mountain. None have ever returned.

For generations, the isolated ashen village of Promised Vale has survived by obeying a single sacred law: when the Path calls, a champion must ascend beyond the clouds and face the Devourer.

Riven has spent his life enforcing the will of the Keepers. As captain of the village guardians, he believes duty will protect the people he loves. But on the day he is meant to marry Elaia, the Keepers interrupt their wedding and name his bride as the next sacrifice.

To save her, Riven must abandon his rank, break his oaths, and climb the forbidden Path beside Elaia's furious blacksmith father. Beyond the cloudline waits a world they had only imagined from old stories, a monster that has slaughtered every champion before them, and an ancient power buried beneath ice and legend.

The Path of Frozen Fire is a fast-paced epic fantasy novella filled with dragon gods, ancient magic, deadly monsters, forbidden love, and a hero forced to choose between obedience and freedom. It is a complete introductory novella to the world of Veythar.